Pedagogy & Instructional Design

I currently teach undergraduate-level classes all pertaining to French language and Francophone culture. Below are the French courses that I have taught and/or coordinated.

Syllabi @ Brown

Department of French & Francophone Studies
French Language Program

FREN 0100 – Basic French I (Novice)
FREN 0200 – Basic French II (Novice High/Intermediate Low)
FREN 0200 – Basic French II (Accelerated Track : jump from 0200 to 0500)
FREN 0300 – Intermediate French I (Intermediate Low)
FREN 0400 – Intermediate French II (Intermediate Mid)
FREN 0500 – Writing and Speaking French I (Intermediate High/Adv. Low)

Overview of the language program (multiliteracies approach)

Syllabi @ UC San Diego

Department of Linguistics
Linguistics Language Program (LLP) | French

LIFR 1A French conversation (Novice)
LIFR 1AX French analysis (Novice)
LIFR 1B French conversation (Intermediate)
LIFR 1BX French analysis (Intermediate)
LIFR 1C French conversation (Intermediate)
LIFR 1CX French analysis (Intermediate)
LIFR 1D French conversation (Intermediate)
LIFR 1DX French analysis (Intermediate)

Syllabi @ Louisiana State University

Department of French Studies
French Language Program

FREN 1001 Elementary French I (Novice)
FREN 1002 Elementary French II (Novice)
FREN 2101 MWF / TTh Intermediate French I (Intermediate)
FREN 2102 MWF / TTh Intermediate French II (Intermediate)

Instructional Design

Brown University

Using the background (reverse) design model, with my team (3 instructors) we developed a unit on the local Providence French and Francophone Film Festival. Below is the material designed and used in the French 0200 course.

Day 1 – Introduction: lesson plan, slides, handout (student & teacher version)
Day 2 – Replay a scene:lesson plan, slides, handout (student & teacher version)
Day 3 – (Re)Create a scene: lesson plan, slides, handout, script La fille au bracelet
Day 4 – Students work on their project: slides
Days 5 & 6 – Students’ project presentations

University of Chicago & Brown University

After attending the professional development workshop on curriculum design (Transforming Language Instruction) organized at the University of Chicago, I redesigned a module for the French 0400 course focusing on a new literary text.

Part of the matrix developed for the Intermediate-level (shown w/ permission from the University of Chicago) — Module Matrix (Day 1)
Example of a lesson plan (Day 3) with slides & handout created from the matrix
Reading guide developed to support students’ reading skills development
Students’ feedback on the module

UC San Diego

Adopted a new textbook: Anderson, B. and Dolidon, A. (2020) En avant! Beginning French 3rd edition. New York: McGraw-Hill Education
Redesigned the entire curriculum and assessment in alignment with this material
Created teaching booklets for LIFR 1A/1AX, 1B/1BX, and 1C/1CX, providing designed lesson plans with useful online resources and tips for instructors